Check the Schedule Below to Sign Up for a Class!

Each public workshop has its own registration link that will lead you to a class description that includes the fee. Select any workshop title below to see available upcoming dates, times, and locations. Please read our cancellation policybefore registering. We offer partial scholarships to help those in need.

After you register, we’ll email a confirmation with logistics, driving directions, and a waiver if you need one. Call 800-467-6997 ext. 0# or email safety@kidpower.org with any questions about our California public workshops or about our registration system.

This workshop is part of our International Instructor Training. The class will be taught by some of our most experienced instructors assisted by instructors-in-training, allowing children to have a great deal of individualized attention and practice. The fee for this workshop is $40 per child, including one or two adults with that child.

Santa Cruz

Kidpower Starting Strong Workshop for ages 3-6 with their adults

“I am so thankful to now have the tools to teach my young child about safety issues. It is amazing how with a little practice, we both have gained so many skills.” Through puppets and fun, interactive stories, learn how to introduce People Safety Skills and to continue to practice them in your daily life. About our children’s services

Palo Alto

San Mateo

Kidpower Safety and Self-Defense Workshop for ages 6-12 with their adults

“My kids loved the self-defense practice with the padded instructor – and I have more peace of mind!”Older children together with their adults practice personal safety skills for handling every day emotional and physical safety problems and self-defense skills for stopping emergencies. About our children’s services

Palo Alto

As they get older, kids face new challenges along with new opportunities for independence both in the “real” world and online. In this workshop, youth 9 to 14 years old together with their adults will practice “People Safety” skills for staying safe when by themselves, with groups of friends, or with adults, and practice self-defense skills for stopping emergencies. For more information about how to prepare youth for more independence, see: Safety For Kids On Their Way To Schooland Kidpower Strategies for Safety Online and Everywhere Else.

San Francisco

Palo Alto

Teenpower Safety and Self-Defense Workshop for teens ages 13-17

“I argued with my parents about going, but I’m glad I went. Now, if someone tries to bother me, I’ll be more able to protect myself.” This workshop gives teens focused practice in using boundary-setting, conflict resolution, self-protection, and self-defense skills to prevent and stop most attacks, bullying, and harassment. Opportunity for full-force practice of self-defense skills with the head-to-toe padded instructor. We encourage parents and caregivers to attend the last half hour of our Teenpower Workshops to observe their teens demonstrating the skills they learned! About our teen services.

Berkeley

Fullpower Safety and Self-Defense Workshop for Adults 18+

“I think about what I learned with you every day. You helped me find a power inside myself that I didn’t know I had.” This workshop gives adults the opportunity to practice protecting themselves from confrontations and from assaults in realistic scenarios. The head-to-toe padded instructor provides an opportunity for safe, effective practice of self-defense techniques. About our adult services.

Workshop organizers include parents, teachers, administrators, directors, employers, and other group leaders. They arrange workshops for their class, school, club, business, organization, congregation – or for their friends & neighbors!

Organizers tell us their priorities, and we tailor services to fit. We’ll also help nonprofit groups find out about grants or donations to help cover the cost.

Talking with a Kidpower Workshop Coordinator as early as possible in your organizing process can save you time and effort. Lead Program Coordinator Ellen Frankel will work with you personally or connect you with a local coordinator in your area. Ellen can be reached at ellen@kidpower.org and at 510-682-6928.

Workshop Options and Fees: An Investment in Prevention and Peace of Mind

Our most popular workshops are listed along with their minimum costs below.

Services are adapted for participants’ different hearing, vision, mobility, or cognitive abilities. Actual rates very based on workshop length, group size, and distance outside our primary service areas. Contact us now to start planning your workshop! Kidpower Lead Program Coordinator Ellen Frankel can be reached at ellen@kidpower.org or at 510-682-6928.

Kidpower Child Protection for Adults

Adults learn skills to keep kids safe with people including strangers, peers, and others at school, online, at home, and out in the world. Can highlight a topic, such as online safety or bullying, or a specific group, such as early childhood, middle school, or kids with special needs. $950 and up.

Kidpower Professional Development

Professionals learn how to incorporate Kidpower skills and methodology into their standard practices in educational, health, and social service agencies in order to foster positive social safety skill development. Sessions are tailored to the specific contexts of the participants, ranging from teachers to shelter staff to occupational therapists to camp counselors to coaches. $2000 and up.

Kidpower Starting Strong, for kids 3-6 with their adults

With their adults, kids 3-6 learn powerful, age-appropriate social safety skills through storytelling, puppets, and fun, interactive role-plays. 50 minutes. Must be arranged in sequence with another workshop. Adds $475 to total service cost.

Kidpower Class/Group, for kids 5-12 with a teacher/leader

Teachers, counselors, coaches, aftercare staff, and other leaders together with their class/group practice age-appropriate social safety skills to have more fun and fewer problems with peers, family, strangers, and others at school, at home, online, out in the world – everywhere! Can highlight a focus such as bullying prevention, online safety, or field trip safety. Includes school class workshops and K-5 assemblies. $950 and up

Kidpower Safety, for kids 5-12 with their adults

With their adults, kids 5-12 practice age-appropriate social safety skills to have more fun and fewer problems with peers, family, strangers, and others at school, at home, online, out in the world – everywhere! You can choose to limit your age span more narrowly within the 5-12 range. $950 and up.

Kidpower Safety & Self-Defense, for kids 6-12 with their adults

With their adults, kids 6-12 practice social safety skills to have more fun and fewer problems with peers, family, strangers, and others at school, at home, online, out in the world – everywhere! In addition, kids learn full force self-defense skills with a head-to-toe padded instructor while the adults cheer them on! $2000 and up.

With their adults, kids 9-14 practice social safety skills to have more fun and fewer problems while out on their own with peers, family, strangers, and others at school, at home, online, at camp, or out in the world – everywhere! In addition, kids learn full force self-defense skills with a head-to-toe padded instructor while the adults cheer them on! $2000 and up.

Teenpower Class/Group, for teens 13-17 with their teacher/leader

Together with their teacher or other adult leader in a school, club, or agency, teens practice social safety skills to prevent violence, strengthen communication, manage conflict, de-escalate confrontation, and avoid or leave potentially dangerous situations in the real world and online. $950 and up.

Teenpower Safety, for teens 13-17

Teens practice social safety skills to prevent violence, strengthen communication, manage conflict, de-escalate confrontation, and avoid or leave potentially dangerous situations in the real world and online. $950 and up.

Teenpower Safety & Self-Defense, for teens 13-17

Teens practices social safety skills to prevent violence, strengthen communication, manage conflict, de-escalate confrontation, and avoid or leave potentially dangerous situations in the real world and online. Includes full force self-defense practice with a head-to-toe padded instructor. $2300 and up.

Fullpower Safety, for adults 18-100+

Adults practice social safety skills to prevent violence, strengthen communication, manage conflict, de-escalate confrontation, and avoid or leave potentially dangerous situations in the real world and online, on their own or while providing care for others. $950 and up.

Fullpower Safety & Self-Defense, for adults 18-100+

Adults practice social safety skills to prevent violence, strengthen communication, manage conflict, de-escalate confrontation, and avoid or leave potentially dangerous situations in the real world and online, on their own or while providing care for others. Includes full force self-defense practice with a head-to-toe padded instructor. $2000 and up.

Corporate Workshops and Special Programs for the Workplace

Please contact us to discuss your specific needs. We will provide a quote.

Contact us now to start planning your workshop! Kidpower Lead Program Coordinator Ellen Frankel can be reached at ellen@kidpower.org or at 510-682-6928.

People with disabilities face a higher risk of bullying, abuse, and violence than their peers, and the generous support of the Lowell Berry Foundation has supported, for over a decade, Kidpower safety workshops empowering those with disabilities as well as their family members, mentors, and allies.

About Us

The Kidpower Central Office provides curriculum development, training of instructors, quality assurance, and center development support for our services everywhere. Within California, we organize and teach workshops through offices in Castro Valley, Granada Hills, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Diego, and Santa Cruz. We teach all programs for children, teens, and adults for families, schools, organizations, and businesses and serve over 20,000 people a year.

Contact Information for Kidpower throughout California:

Contact us now to start planning your workshop! For private workshops in California, contact Kidpower Lead Program Coordinator Ellen Frankel at ellen@kidpower.org or at 510-682-6928.

San Diego Office

Traveling Instructors for Private Group Workshops

Kidpower instructors lead comprehensive learning experiences with skill, compassion, and humor. If you live far from a Center but want Kidpower training for a group, please email safety@kidpower.org! We look forward to exploring what arrangement could work for your group and for Kidpower.

If you are not able to organize a private group workshop, please consider traveling to an existing center for a workshop or contacting us for long-distance consultations via video conference. You might also consider starting a center in your community!